Monument record MDO47163 - Late prehistoric settlement on Lord's Down, Dewlish

Cropmarks of a probable Iron Age or Roman curvilinear settlement enclosure with internal pits and traces of an associated ditched field system visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 by Historic England as part of the Reconnaissance Recording Programme. The site is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. The enclosure lies within the field systems described in MDO48611 and MDO48613; an outer bank is visible on lidar running around its northern side.

Cropmarks of a probable Iron Age or Roman curvilinear settlement enclosure with internal pits seen at SY 7828 9504. The enclosure is defined by a broad irregular ditch with traces of an inner thinner palisade ditch and an entrance to the NE. The entire enclosure is bisected by the modern field boundary and is not so clear in the the field to the west. A ditch extends NE from the entrance which appears to link to the faint traces of an associated ditched rectilinear field system visible. All are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 by Historic England as part of the Reconnaissance Recording Programme. <1>

NGR SY 7828 9604 rather than SY 7828 9504 seems to fit better with AP reference.

The site is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <3-4> and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. The enclosure is 75m across with multiple ditches on its north east side and a scatter of internal pits. The possible fragments of a rectilinear ditched enclosure is situated immediately to the north. The enclosure lies within the field systems described in MDO48611 and MDO48613; an outer bank is visible on lidar running around its northern side <5>.

Barber, A J, 1999, Warmwell Airfield Quarry, Crossways: Archaeological Assessment (Unpublished document). SDO20878.

<1> Historic England, 30-APR-2015, HEA 29577_023 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20158.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1623073 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<3> J R Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3305/7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20880.

<4> Historic England Archive, 30-APR-2015, HEA 29577/027 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20881.

<5> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Sep 21 2024 5:29PM